On January 30, Beijing time, the final round of the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open Championship was over. 37-year-old Luke Liszt won his first PGA Tour title with a cross-hole match!
Luke Liszt, who set out in the morning, scored the round's best 66 (-6) and soared 18th place to the top of the leading table, with an overall score of -15. 54-hole tie leader Will Saratoris went hand in hand with Jenson Dey until Dey (T3 in the final place) dropped the bar on The 16th hole. After more than two hours of waiting and practicing, Liszt and Saratoris, who missed the chance to finish the game, entered the overtime match and finally completed the bird catcher on the 18th hole!
Joan Ram, who had a chance to rush to the tie for the lead, ended up in -14, t3 alongside Dey and Cameron Tringali. Joaquin Nieman, Justin Rose, Pat Perez, Ren Chengzai and Aaron Ley finished in T6 with a -13.
Justin Thomas finished T20, Patrick Reid on T46 and Pam on T78.
(Farmers Insurance Open Final Round Highlights)
A showdown under the sunset
Liszt vs Saratoris
The 37-year-old American player Luke Liszt set off early and played well at Dollyson south stadium, scoring four birds in a row (No. 3-6) in the first nine.
After the transition, he continued the excellent feel, grabbed three more birds, and swallowed only one bogey. The finishing bird on the 18th hole brought his overall to -15, soaring 18 places to the top of the leading table, with a one-stroke lead.
(Liszt in this round)
Liszt turned pro in 2007 and landed on the PGA Tour in 2013, having previously taken a 36-hole lead or tied lead on the PGA Tour four times, but has yet to win. Liszt, who was in a good position to win the championship, did not watch from the sidelines after playing 18 holes, but went straight to the practice field to prepare for the most likely overtime match.
(Liszt's 18-hole bird catch catch, catch the chance to win the championship)
After more than two hours of waiting and practicing, Liszt's overtime opponent was created, and he was the 54-hole tie leader, also on the way to his first PGA Tour title, Will Saratoris.
Saratoris, who set off with a one-shot advantage in the round, played steadily, and although he swallowed a bogey on the opening no. 1 hole, he made up for the loss with two birds in the first nine. After the transfer, he withstood the pressure and saved eight pas in a row. On par5's 18th hole, Saratoris, who scored a three-stroke on the green, had the opportunity to end the game, but unfortunately he missed the 2.7-yard birdie push.
(Saratoris lost at sunset)
Liszt and Saratoris, who had competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, returned to the 18th hole, and both players' kick-offs fell into a bunker on the right side of the fairway, landing very close. In the second match, both players put the ball back into the fairway, winning or losing, and the atmosphere of the scene was pushed to the highest point, because the third match of the attacking green would be the key to determining the outcome.
(Extra Hole: Liszt in blue, Saratoris in green)
Liszt hit a near-perfect digging shot, put the ball to the edge of the hole, and then grabbed the dead bird! Saratoris' third shot was slightly shorter, leaving a 4.3 yard putt distance and ending the race with two pushes, finishing the game in second place alone. The family rejoiced and the family was sad, and finally "broke" the PGA Tour champion "window paper", Liszt hugged his wife and children on the sidelines, and the scene was very moving!
(Liszt wins a blow)
Lead the table
54 tied leader Jenson Day played hard with Saratoris in the same group, and after 15 holes, both players were at the top of the table with a total of -15. Unfortunately, Dey made a mistake in the tee off on the 16th hole, and then swallowed two bogeys in a row on the 16th-17th holes, falling out of the first echelon of the championship and finishing in T3 with a total score of -14.
(Ball of the round: Dee's 118-yard shot at the Eagles)
Although he failed to dominate the Farmers Insurance Open three times and break the four-year championship drought, Dey still had a very bright performance. On the 14th hole, he shot straight into the hole from 118 yards, and this goal was also voted the best goal of the round! I believe that the former "King of Australia" is on the right path to return to the peak.
(Ram in this round)
T3's "Dollysson darling" Joan Ramben had a chance to enter the extra hole, but unfortunately he failed to take advantage of the bird catch on the 18th hole. Also at T3 were Cameron Tringali.
(Pan Zhengchun in the game)
Joaquin Nieman, Justin Rose, Pat Perez, Ren Chengzai and Aaron Ley finished in T6 with a -13. Justin Thomas finished T20, Patrick Reid on T46 and Pam on T78.